Posted by gardenergirl on November 13, 2004, at 12:37:20
In reply to Larry Hoover, I see a bigger problem, posted by 64bowtie on November 12, 2004, at 22:23:07
Hi Rod,
Does your state have a Mental Health Courts demonstration project anywhere? Congress just passed the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act (S. 1194) offered jointly by Congressman Ted Strickland (D, OH) and Senator Mike Dewine (R, OH). The president signed this on 10-30-04. The purpose of this legislation is to provide mental health courts which route mentally ill offenders into treatment in lieu of or in conjunction with prison sentences.Rep. Strickland and Sen. Dewine initiated a demonstration project bill for this which was due to expire this year. They sought renewed funding, and Congress authorized a $50 million budget for this, as the demonstration projects were showing positive results to date.
Co-sponsors of this bill were
Sen Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] - 6/5/2003
Sen Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] - 6/5/2003
Sen Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] - 8/1/2003
Sen Grassley, Charles E. [R-IA] - 6/5/2003
Sen Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] - 8/1/2003
Sen Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] - 6/5/2003
Sen Murray, Patty [D-WA] - 9/8/2004I think this is a good start. I've already sent emails thanking my legislators for their support of this bill. I noticed that the co-sponsors are both republicans and democrats. That also is nice to see.
Just to be advocational (is that a word?) ;)
gg
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